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Postal Service Mail Carriers
Delivers mail and packages for the U.S. Postal Service.
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Mail carriers sort and deliver mail and packages on walking or driving routes in all weather. Postal jobs are federal jobs with benefits.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- Foods and Culinary · Career and Technical
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Postal Service Mail Carriers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.